King James Version (KJV) Authorized Version 1611

Proverbs 1:12 KJV

"Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:"

Proverbs Chapter 1, Verse 12

Proverbs 1:12 in Context (Verses 9–15 KJV)

For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.^*

¶ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: